//   OData .NET Libraries
//   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.  
//   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
//   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
//   You may obtain a copy of the License at

//       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

//   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
//   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
//   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
//   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
//   limitations under the License.

namespace Microsoft.OData.Client.Materialization
{
    using System;
    using Microsoft.OData.Client;
    using Microsoft.OData.Edm;

    /// <summary>
    /// Class responsible for materializing from OData to Objects
    /// </summary>
    internal abstract class MaterializationPolicy
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates the specified edm type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="edmTypeReference">Type of the edm.</param>
        /// <param name="type">The type.</param>
        /// <remarks>In the future this class will have Materialize and Update will be adding this in upcoming changes</remarks>
        /// <returns>A created object</returns>
        public virtual object CreateNewInstance(IEdmTypeReference edmTypeReference, Type type)
        {
            return Util.ActivatorCreateInstance(type);
        }
    }
}
